911 MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD AT MxCC’S ‘MEMORY TREE’

Middlesex Community College will be hosting a memorial service on Thursday, September 8, from 12:15 – 12:35 p.m. to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks.  The public is invited to this event, which will be held at the 911 Memory Tree located at the gazebo near the upper parking lot on campus. MxCC President Dr. Anna Wasescha will deliver remarks about this historic date, and the significance to MxCC students, many of whom were in elementary school when the attacks occurred. A ceremonial wreath will be laid at the Memory Tree, which was planted on the first anniversary of the attacks, and Professor Christine Ruggerio will read the poem “The Names” by Poet Laureate Billy Collins.  For more information, contact Daisy Trahan at (860) 343-6921.